Understanding the Internet Basics

A small local network of computers

The world's largest computer network that connects computing devices using the Internet protocol suite

A single computer that stores data

A type of software used for browsing

A type of software

A physical machine that can run a program, like a laptop, tablet, or phone

A network protocol

A type of data storage

A single computer

A group of interconnected computing devices that send and receive data to one another

A type of software application

A data storage device

To store data

To connect other computing devices to each other

To create software applications

To provide power to devices

A type of computer hardware

The set of rules that defines how data is transferred between our devices

A software application

A data storage method

Internet Program

Internet Protocol

Internal Process

Information Provider

A type of computer hardware

A computer system that runs on the Internet

A data storage device

A network protocol

Devices that connect other devices

Specialized computing devices that store lots and lots of data

Software applications

Network protocols

A type of software

The address used by the IP addressing protocol to determine where a computing device is on the Internet

A data storage method

A type of computer hardware

To create software applications

To allow senders to find receivers that they want to send data to on the internet

To store data

To provide power to devices